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August 8, 2002

eBay is amazing ! I

eBay is amazing ! I did manage a laptop for 127$ in an eBay auction. Thats Dirt cheap, Dude! And it works well till now. Auctioning is addictive guys and may prove injurious to your wallet if you aren’t prudent. Everything in US works on your credit cards and now ofcourse now US thrives on online transactions. I only dream that this would happen in India. From pizzas to peugeots can be bought online. Anything…Anything…absolutely anything on the net.

You want to know how to drive to your friends house in a karnataka and you are in tamilnadu. Log in to mapquest.com buddy!!!. You want to deliver your sweet pie living in delhi and you are in Kerala. Log in to flowers.com. In fact, I wanted to write a list of the best available online services that are unavailable in India. But I wouldn’t want this blog to look like an Internet Directory. So I restrained myself with just 2.

Desis who are here for quite sometime are sure that nothing big as this would happen in India. I don’t go with them. But their point of argument seems to have a point. They say that till the movement of population from villages to cities exists in India, this slow down of improvement in infrastructure and living style is non-stoppable. I am skeptical about that. I think their point has a value but that alone doesn’t cease the growth of a country.

Well, thinking about this for quite a while makes me rethink about my dream. Let US be US and we be India. Lets not compare apples with oranges. I want to finish this here, because while writing this, I am clouded with so many thoughts that would take pages to be written down. This is a coffee-toffee issue. Probably some other time…!!!
August 4, 2002

Signs of Spielberg – Is

Signs of Spielberg – Is Your Sixth Sense Unbreakable ?

It was a moment of joy for me. For an indian like me to witness a loud applause from the audience for a hollywood movie in an american theatre directed by an indian. And it was truly breathtaking. Yes, Manoj Night Shyamalan does it again. First by sixth sense he swept us near the oscars then he dusted the childhood heroes inside us through his unbreakable . Now he comes back to touch the spiritual and human side of us with a backdrop of UFOs in his signs.

Signs is a movie to relish quietly in a corner of the theatre without catcalls and whispers. It really impacts you with a melodramatic and an eerie mood. Make you rethink your beliefs. Only condition – Listen to the dialogues carefully, else you might be lost in this complex screenplay.

Shyamalan love for philadelphia, where he was brought up is evident and this one is set there too. The greenish farm which is the heart of the movie increases the suspense. Amazing location.

Mel Gibson reminds me of Kamalhassan in Mahanadhi. For those who saw mahanadhi, you will understand the pains of kamal to bringup his children and also the troubles he undergoes to catch his life gear. This movie is ceratinly Mel gibson’s career high. Shyamalan’s builds Mel Gibson’s character slowly yet strongly. He is such a cool actor that his character builds up in you. Thats what he did to me in ‘ What Women Want‘ . You become him after some point of time in signs and you get involved in the during the course of the movie and try to save you and your children from the UFOs and aliens.

The twist which you would expect in shyamalan’s movie is certainly missing but that is the wish of a creative writer which cannot be questioned. To the given story and characters, shyamalan gives rationale and ends it great. Some might think that it was an abrupt ending but that again depends on your taste of movies. Its like reading sundara ramaswamy’s book. He doesn’t spoon feed you. Just makes you realize the need of using your brain and co-relate events. Thats why you so feel special while you see such movies. You feel elevated to the heights of thinking and you certainly do. Your sixth sense would not be unbreakable and you suddenly rise up from your seats in fear. Especially in a scene while the dog which is silently eating and suddenly barks the nerve out of you.

Read what rediff has reviewed about this.

A Spielberg is on the making and we are witnessing one of the to-be-legends of all time. Is that so? Your catch on this is welcome.
August 3, 2002

Lively Journal : I am

Lively Journal : I am there too

Lazy is on the live journal too. I have no idea what to do with this one. I am thinking that i could probably have tamil blog out there and continue with this. Because this has become POPULAR enough :)) amonst the blogging community :)) . Though i don’t write much and rarely something intersts in my posts, after analyzing my site trafiic i found it was due to blog snob that a huge amount of random readers hit my blog.

And that gives me enough inspiration to continue this and start another one in live journal. Let me try it out with the amount of laziness that i carry.huh!!
July 31, 2002

Chic-A-Go A lot of experiences

Chic-A-Go

A lot of experiences at a foreign land. i am totally confused. which to say and which to leave. chicagoians are excellent guys!! Very supportive and very responsive too. and it is a city that has a skyline which makes you go BONKERS at night. I haven’t seen many cities , but this is certainly a class. especially here in downtown chicago you have creative buildings are huge sizes and they are all illuminated at night just to give you a feeling of being in a dream land.

Especially for indians, chicago gives you everything. It creates a feeling that you are at your homeland. you get the whole lot of same indian stuff here from dal to parathas to pan beedas.

If u are travelling to america …chicago is a must go.
July 30, 2002

Panchatantiram – A must watch

Panchatantiram – A must watch :

An outarageous entertainer. Kamal proves again he is the best with crazy mohan’s indomitable skill of writing quick jokes that get past by you in a second.

Yuhi Sethu is a suprise talent. amazing role and characterisation.Leave all you logic behind in your house and enjoy the movie!!!. don’t underestimate kamal’s skill acting. It is WHODUNIT + comedy.

I can see traces of kamal being inspired by Dil Chahta Hai in french beards, modern looks interiors and the song “Ennodu Kadhal ” in which kamal walks and sings beside simran, resembling the song Aaamir sings with Preity in Sydney. All said and done Panchathantiram is a must WATCH!!!

I am awaiting BABA….when is he here…

eBay is amazing ! I

Signs of Spielberg – Is

Lively Journal : I am

Chic-A-Go A lot of experiences

Panchatantiram – A must watch